Randy Dower lives nearby and says the tree was a standout in the neighborhood.

"It's just a big beautiful tree that everybody loves until you have a day like today," Dower said.

The falling tree and limbs knocked down power lines and left at least 50 homes in the area of First and Ashlan without power.

Tree services responded to several other downed trees, including one that hit the roof of an apartment complex near Palm and Shaw. It wasn't as big, but came down with a crash.

"Everybody in the complex heard it, they all came out, it was pretty loud, but like I said it was just kind of slow as it went down," said Karen Farrar.The damage to the building did not appear to be serious. But the big job now face by workers is removing the fallen trees.

Dower says the challenge is keeping the big beautiful neighborhood trees from becoming a hazard.